On February 9th 2019 my family and I attended the SoCal Pet Con. This event was held at the Anaheim Business Expo Center located at 1960 S. Anaheim in Anaheim, CA 92805. The event was going on for 2 days, Saturday February 9th from 10 am- 5 pm and Sunday February 10th from 11 am – 4 pm.

This is the first event that I have attended that allowed the owners to bring their pets with them. Of course there were a couple of precautions that the event had taken in order for you to bring your pet along.

Dog Attendance Policy:

  • Proof of age appropriate vaccinations
  • Pet must be in a stroller, carrier, or on a fixed leash (no retractable leashes).

The cost of admission was $5 for adults and $3 for kids between the ages of 5-17. You were able to also order your tickets online or just purchase them  at the door.

From what I could gather beforehand, they had 43 exhibitors. There were booths selling treats and/or clothing, trainers, welfare organizations, an agility course, shelters/rescues, and groomers.

There was a section where they were doing discounted vaccinations, micro-chipping, heart worm and flea preventatives. You could find booths that were handing out free samples and doing prize giveaways as well. One booth said that they would have Goose the cat from the Captain Marvel movie. Well we found that booth but never did get to see Goose the cat.

Now that I have covered a few of the logistics to this event, on to my review of it…..

SoCal Pet Con Event

The Expo Center was fairly easy to find, but there was not a whole lot of parking. Once you found a spot to park you had to find the entrance, by following the signs on all the other doors leading you to the back side of the building where they had the agility course set up.

When we first walked into the entrance doors there was nobody at the desk to collect the money for entrance or to check for tickets. I looked around and for somebody to show proof that I purchased my tickets online, but I was unsuccessful at finding anyone. The volunteers at the table behind us motioned for us to come over to them, but they didn’t ask for the tickets. Instead, they handed out totes to every participant along with a raffle ticket.  We were told to proceed  behind us to the many i Pads that were set . At the i Pads we had to enter our name and phone number along with the raffle ticket number. This information was done in order to enter into a giveaway.

Once I finished filling out the information for the giveaway I started to look around at all the booths that were there. There were multiple booths for dog clothing and accessories.

Bandannas

 Dog Harnesses

Dog Tags

 

 

Food Bowls, Water Bowls, and Mats

Treat Jars

And even Essential Oils for Dogs

 

Can’t Forget the TREATS

In a separate room they had basically a vet clinic set up, in which they were doing vaccinations, micro-chipping, and heart worm or flea preventatives.

I did however notice that the majority of the clothing booths there were only making and selling items for smaller dogs. So if you have a larger dog than about 25 lbs. then you wouldn’t have found any clothing for your dog at the booths there. Although, at one booth, the lady/owner had mentioned that she was asked many times by customers if she had any clothing for larger dogs, so she started an interest list to see how many people with larger dogs would be interested in buying her clothing. I of course entered my information on that list.

The venue was pretty crowded with booths, customers, adoptable dogs, and customer’s dogs. I found myself having to watch where I was stepping because of all the small dogs walking around and some larger dogs laying down.

Even though I had to watch where I was walking, it was fun to see so many dogs of all shapes and sizes. All the dogs there, I felt were very well behaved with being around so many other dogs and the crowds of people.

By the time we were ready to go home we had collected so many free samples. Here is what we came home with…

This was a great event, lots of new things to see and try out even. I’m looking forward to the next event.

Hope you enjoyed my brief review of the SoCal Pet Con 2019.  Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on events and more.

What do you like to see at Pet Fairs or Pet Expos? What type of booths do you wish were in attendance at these types of events? Please comment below.